Wednesday, May 8th TV listings for Turner Classic Movies USA
The Fountainhead (1949)
When a rogue architect (Gary Cooper) learns his designs have been changed by the company that hired him, he goes to drastic measures to protect his ideals.
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
A Ukrainian bishop (Anthony Quinn) and former Siberian prisoner is sent to Rome, made cardinal and elected pope.
Lone Star (1952)
A Texas cattle baron (Clark Gable) fights a state senator's (Broderick Crawford) politics and steals his newspaper-editor girlfriend (Ava Gardner).
Rio Bravo (1959)
A Texas sheriff (John Wayne) and his deputies (Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson) try to hold a cattle baron's brother in jail.
The Westerner (1940)
Hanging Judge Roy Bean (Walter Brennan) spares a drifter (Gary Cooper) who claims to know Lillie Langtry.
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
A small-time outlaw takes over a town by dispensing his own form of justice and confiscating property for court costs.
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
Married homesteaders (Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward) stop at a Texas hotel, where he loses big at poker and she takes his place.
Shane (1953)
An ex-gunfighter (Alan Ladd) sides with Wyoming homesteaders (Jean Arthur, Van Heflin) against a ruthless cattle baron.
Hud (1963)
A housekeeper (Patricia Neal) sees a Texas cattle rancher (Melvyn Douglas) clash with his son (Paul Newman), a selfish, womanizing louse.
Spartacus (1960)
A gladiator slave (Kirk Douglas) leads a revolt in decadent Rome and attempts to lead his followers to freedom.
Heidi (1937)
An aunt takes a Swiss orphan (Shirley Temple) from the girl's grandfather (Jean Hersholt) in the Swiss Alps and puts her to work in Frankfurt as companion to a disabled child.
Kim (1950)
Kipling's Irish orphan (Dean Stockwell) roams 1880s India with a Tibetan priest (Paul Lukas) and a horse thief (Errol Flynn) spying for the British.